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New York judge turns down Harvey Weinstein plea to move up retrial date

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Harvey Weinstein appears in court in New York City on 23 October 2024. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A judge on Wednesday set a 15 April trial date for Harvey Weinstein’s retrial, as the disgraced movie mogul pleaded in court to move the trial date sooner citing health conditions.

Weinstein appeared in court in New York on Wednesday morning, seated in a wheelchair. He addressed the court and begged the Manhattan criminal court judge Curtis Farber to move up the trial date to before 15 April, expressing he “can’t hold on anymore”.

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